1 00:00:02,04 --> 00:00:08,42 Are you hurting. Within well over. The. 2 00:00:09,48 --> 00:00:13,36 Years to Jesus he's caught only. 3 00:00:17,62 --> 00:00:24,52 To the good of you certain. To be there slower. The way. 4 00:00:25,66 --> 00:00:31,89 Jesus is God only. Comes to you 5 00:00:32,67 --> 00:00:39,56 the holes are the fly there is our brain light 6 00:00:39,99 --> 00:00:46,44 good came near it was bought way the British It 7 00:00:46,45 --> 00:00:50,66 lets you cares for. 8 00:01:01,31 --> 00:01:01,97 I'm sure. 9 00:01:08,10 --> 00:01:10,69 When Jesus is. 10 00:01:15,10 --> 00:01:21,90 Just so rude trees. From the. News 11 00:01:22,64 --> 00:01:26,16 poll of Jesus this week. 12 00:01:30,82 --> 00:01:37,45 Oh come to. The mother's 13 00:01:37,46 --> 00:01:42,28 arms. Band was told there's 14 00:01:42,29 --> 00:01:48,12 a good luck where. The Lair 15 00:01:48,50 --> 00:01:54,52 a straw poll comes you believe there's 16 00:01:55,51 --> 00:02:00,43 a black there's. A. 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You are 37 00:05:22,76 --> 00:05:26,63 a baby so so good for me. 38 00:05:30,84 --> 00:05:31,24 For 39 00:05:31,25 --> 00:05:40,30 a good. Breeze jolt I. You 40 00:05:40,31 --> 00:05:44,95 have been exhausted. To me you. 41 00:05:52,06 --> 00:05:56,23 Were A. Little over 42 00:05:57,06 --> 00:06:04,72 a. Good 43 00:06:04,72 --> 00:06:11,49 . To. See you your local 44 00:06:11,50 --> 00:06:12,39 mayor. 45 00:06:41,45 --> 00:06:42,40 I was your. 46 00:06:51,29 --> 00:06:52,34 Sorrows old. 47 00:06:59,66 --> 00:07:03,00 No. Old. 48 00:07:09,42 --> 00:07:15,89 Old. Old. 49 00:07:32,28 --> 00:07:38,41 Good. To. Me to you you're 50 00:07:39,35 --> 00:07:45,72 low. A. A A 51 00:07:45,70 --> 00:07:45,72 A. 52 00:08:21,78 --> 00:08:27,06 A. A. No. 53 00:08:35,81 --> 00:08:42,54 No. You say. A. 54 00:08:50,45 --> 00:08:50,91 A. 55 00:09:08,02 --> 00:09:09,17 A. 56 00:09:21,12 --> 00:09:24,61 A. A A A. 57 00:09:28,18 --> 00:09:29,75 A A A. 58 00:09:36,97 --> 00:09:39,98 A. A A. 59 00:09:43,60 --> 00:09:50,04 A. A. A A 60 00:09:50,96 --> 00:09:51,28 A A. 61 00:10:12,22 --> 00:10:17,43 All right I want you to look at the person next to you left or right or both as 62 00:10:17,44 --> 00:10:23,81 they have Easter. All right very cool it's good to see everybody this morning in 63 00:10:23,82 --> 00:10:27,71 God's house I said to reminisce about Easter I've seen 64 00:10:27,72 --> 00:10:30,51 a few come and go kind of went to church a lot not 65 00:10:30,52 --> 00:10:37,32 a church like ours but church and it just brought back memories I remember the 66 00:10:37,33 --> 00:10:42,91 Easter bunny coming to our house he doesn't come to our house anymore if he had 67 00:10:42,92 --> 00:10:47,19 a way the Easter Bunny would come to our house and leave let us you know say. But 68 00:10:47,20 --> 00:10:51,33 my mother was not like that my mother's theory about life is you know if you have 69 00:10:51,34 --> 00:10:54,55 a hard day here here's some chocolate after the sugar coma is over be 70 00:10:54,56 --> 00:10:59,92 a brand new day and so easy money would come and I'm not going to bash the Easter 71 00:10:59,93 --> 00:11:03,77 Bunny as some Christians do because less than 72 00:11:03,78 --> 00:11:10,46 a minute they'll be chocolate in heaven anybody want to disagree with that I'm on 73 00:11:10,59 --> 00:11:15,80 pizza and chocolate so far I think this talk the trees and having 74 00:11:17,55 --> 00:11:24,18 this walking around it think that's awesome and then I remember one year that the 75 00:11:24,19 --> 00:11:25,31 Easter Bunny didn't do 76 00:11:25,32 --> 00:11:31,84 a basket these are going to come to our house and put stuff in hats and I just I 77 00:11:31,85 --> 00:11:34,30 don't know why not it has nothing to do with what I'm going to teach you this 78 00:11:34,31 --> 00:11:39,00 morning but it came in a sailor's hat now it's 79 00:11:39,01 --> 00:11:44,09 a picture that I just love that sailors had was very vivid in my mind when I said 80 00:11:44,10 --> 00:11:46,13 reminiscing and also I'm 81 00:11:46,14 --> 00:11:50,08 a child of the seventies I remember the I remember the east there was 82 00:11:50,09 --> 00:11:54,98 a vision of me and I'm about this big Me and my dad went the Easter service in our 83 00:11:54,99 --> 00:11:59,91 matching leisure suits and as 84 00:11:59,92 --> 00:12:05,20 a child I don't know if it was the fabric I Things were just cheap we didn't have 85 00:12:05,21 --> 00:12:06,04 a lot of money as 86 00:12:06,26 --> 00:12:11,73 a child and everything was itchy everything it was like made out of crepe paper 87 00:12:11,74 --> 00:12:17,35 sometimes like and so I remember being all hyped up on chocolate and then we were 88 00:12:17,47 --> 00:12:24,01 commanded to go to church to be quiet and I'm vibrate because I am sure going up 89 00:12:26,20 --> 00:12:32,96 in. It wasn't me again it might have been our income dress 90 00:12:32,97 --> 00:12:33,45 shoes for 91 00:12:33,46 --> 00:12:40,11 a child were made of plastic. And they had no treads So you hit the stairs of the 92 00:12:40,12 --> 00:12:42,36 church. And it just became 93 00:12:42,37 --> 00:12:47,77 a whole new thing and I remember just dying to get those babies off and now I'm 94 00:12:47,78 --> 00:12:54,20 it's in and this is how we celebrated Easter this is really my memory is like. It's 95 00:12:54,21 --> 00:12:58,63 got to be more night all the time new fare full well that released there is 96 00:12:58,64 --> 00:13:05,59 a bug Jesus rising from the dead and all I remember is this you would think if 97 00:13:05,60 --> 00:13:11,14 someone rose from the dead it would be more exciting than we give it credit for so 98 00:13:11,15 --> 00:13:16,87 somewhere I think we may have devalued and if you're here this morning and you know 99 00:13:16,88 --> 00:13:18,50 maybe I remember it as 100 00:13:18,51 --> 00:13:23,59 a kid we would go when you come to you had to go on Easter it's special Easter and 101 00:13:23,60 --> 00:13:28,33 then you kind of endured whatever happens at church so we could get home and I love 102 00:13:28,34 --> 00:13:29,38 this if you have 103 00:13:29,39 --> 00:13:34,61 a thought about this I mean you will have him today you're going to have ham to 104 00:13:34,62 --> 00:13:41,32 celebrate the Jewish Messiah is resurrection who came up with that and that's 105 00:13:41,33 --> 00:13:46,98 something I just think we're just whacked from the get go and so I think somewhere 106 00:13:46,99 --> 00:13:48,72 we may have devalued it or at least as 107 00:13:48,73 --> 00:13:53,38 a child and even after I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal and savior at the 108 00:13:53,39 --> 00:13:58,82 round of age of nine I kinda knew about the resurrection and again if someone 109 00:13:58,83 --> 00:14:01,71 really truly raised from the dead I want to know part of my job as 110 00:14:01,72 --> 00:14:08,47 a pastor now is I do funerals and I've never seen it but if I did it would 111 00:14:08,59 --> 00:14:13,75 kind of freak me out. But if Jesus has risen from the dead now we know about his 112 00:14:13,76 --> 00:14:19,11 death and burial and we even celebrated that last night in memory in memorial as we 113 00:14:19,12 --> 00:14:23,04 did the Lord's Supper but Paul in the scripture and I bring your attention to first 114 00:14:23,05 --> 00:14:25,89 Corinthians Chapter fifteen if you have your Bible as if you don't know about is 115 00:14:25,90 --> 00:14:30,10 going to be way up here right now read it see it in first Corinthians Chapter 116 00:14:30,11 --> 00:14:34,14 fifteen Paul the Apostle Now I want you know and has not even been 117 00:14:34,15 --> 00:14:38,100 a hundred years since Jesus has risen from the dead and ascended into heaven and 118 00:14:39,01 --> 00:14:43,13 hasn't been that long and all the sudden Paul finds himself having to deal with 119 00:14:43,14 --> 00:14:49,91 a church that has devalued the resurrection of Jesus Christ and so as we look at 120 00:14:49,92 --> 00:14:53,96 First Corinthians Chapter fifteen I'm going to read verses fourteen and fifteen and 121 00:14:53,97 --> 00:15:00,19 it says this end of Christ has not been raised that all our preaching is useless 122 00:15:01,06 --> 00:15:07,27 and your faith is useless and we Apostles would all be lying about God 123 00:15:08,55 --> 00:15:12,93 but we have said that God raised Christ from the grave but that can't be true if 124 00:15:12,94 --> 00:15:16,91 there's no resurrection from the dead and then let's jump down 125 00:15:16,91 --> 00:15:21,76 a verse seventeen and it says this and of Christ has not been raised then your 126 00:15:21,77 --> 00:15:27,41 faith is useless you notice the reiteration and you are still guilty of your sins 127 00:15:27,85 --> 00:15:33,95 in that case all who have day who have died believing in Christ are lost and are 128 00:15:33,96 --> 00:15:38,58 hoping Christ is only for this life if you are hoping Christ is only for this life 129 00:15:38,68 --> 00:15:45,27 we are more than pitied than anyone in the world Paul as 130 00:15:45,59 --> 00:15:49,92 Paul went to this church and said they seem to kind of devalue and not give it the 131 00:15:49,93 --> 00:15:54,32 credit that it's due actually even denying it if you notice the context so he went 132 00:15:54,33 --> 00:15:58,20 with the the kind of the idea is let's go with that idea and really bring it all 133 00:15:58,21 --> 00:16:05,19 the way out logically and so he did this when I asked Can I have that list of 134 00:16:05,20 --> 00:16:10,90 a list of if you like to take note Easter no big deal. And so let's go through real 135 00:16:10,91 --> 00:16:14,30 quick number one was this Paul points out it's 136 00:16:14,31 --> 00:16:19,89 a waste of time if Jesus has risen from the dead what we do every sermon braised 137 00:16:19,90 --> 00:16:22,81 every prayer prayed every song sung is 138 00:16:22,82 --> 00:16:27,74 a waste of time I want you know I want you to think about this is about the 139 00:16:27,75 --> 00:16:32,07 resurrection of Jesus Christ every church service everything that's ever been done 140 00:16:32,08 --> 00:16:38,45 in Jesus name big waste of time the second thing he points out is as 141 00:16:38,46 --> 00:16:40,13 Christianity goes we don't have 142 00:16:40,14 --> 00:16:44,12 a leg to stand on and Jesus didn't rise from the dead our Christian faith is 143 00:16:44,13 --> 00:16:45,93 a total fabrication it's really 144 00:16:45,94 --> 00:16:51,24 a house of cards and it could just be blown over because there's nothing to it the 145 00:16:51,25 --> 00:16:54,40 third thing he points out and I love this the kind of gives the church 146 00:16:54,41 --> 00:16:55,43 a little jab in 147 00:16:55,44 --> 00:17:01,53 a way Apostles we've been lying to you if Jesus has not risen from the dead 148 00:17:03,41 --> 00:17:06,91 we've been spreading outright lies to our friends and family really just snake oil 149 00:17:06,92 --> 00:17:12,38 salesman Have you heard guys I don't know if you know this you're being 150 00:17:12,39 --> 00:17:19,27 a visitor with us I'm in it for the money that's what I keep hearing in the 151 00:17:19,28 --> 00:17:24,69 in if I'm doing it right I should have at least one jet but you guys just let's 152 00:17:24,70 --> 00:17:31,27 take another offering I mean for the money you go the past 153 00:17:33,24 --> 00:17:37,67 number for if Jesus hadn't risen from the dead he said well then we're still in our 154 00:17:37,68 --> 00:17:43,68 sins there's no rejection of me in that means that there's still something you and 155 00:17:43,69 --> 00:17:48,41 I will have to do to pay for ourselves when we stand before 156 00:17:48,42 --> 00:17:54,27 a holy God If Jesus is not that's pretty heavy and then 157 00:17:54,28 --> 00:17:59,86 a number five he says if Jesus has not risen we are without hope all your loved 158 00:17:59,86 --> 00:18:04,03 ones you know those ones who have died and gone on before that you think are in 159 00:18:04,04 --> 00:18:10,93 a better place guess what no matter fact they're nowhere and 160 00:18:10,94 --> 00:18:17,57 not only are they not in heaven you can't go there either just if Christ has not 161 00:18:17,58 --> 00:18:22,69 risen. Number six he says oh. And we're just 162 00:18:22,70 --> 00:18:28,02 a bunch of idiots anyway because I've heard that you people who believe in Jesus 163 00:18:28,03 --> 00:18:30,28 Christ Pastor you're a fanatic Well 164 00:18:30,32 --> 00:18:35,70 a stinking man all right hey tell you what if some day I do your funeral and all of 165 00:18:35,71 --> 00:18:36,34 a sudden he has 166 00:18:36,35 --> 00:18:41,60 a knock on your casket from the inside and you pop that baby up and get out I'm 167 00:18:41,61 --> 00:18:47,49 going to hang around with you forever c'mon that's impressive what 168 00:18:47,50 --> 00:18:52,61 a man can say and predict his own death burial and resurrection and then pull it 169 00:18:52,63 --> 00:18:58,18 all off I'm with him that's really what it comes down to to maybe empty doom is 170 00:18:58,20 --> 00:19:00,09 just really the whole idea of 171 00:19:00,11 --> 00:19:05,13 a Savior who said listen put your trust in me not only will I get to you to heaven 172 00:19:05,25 --> 00:19:05,75 I will give you 173 00:19:05,75 --> 00:19:12,61 a bunch of life here and now in to prove it and to give it some credibility lookee 174 00:19:12,62 --> 00:19:18,85 have to three days here right here I'm going to trust my life to someone who can 175 00:19:18,86 --> 00:19:25,24 put theirs down and take it back up. I'm in I'm so in it so it's about 176 00:19:25,25 --> 00:19:28,44 credibility is that it can I say when it comes to where 177 00:19:28,45 --> 00:19:33,55 a bunch of idiots brawl ended the thing with where budget is where many of them not 178 00:19:33,56 --> 00:19:38,17 many of them well most of them most of the original disciples died martyr's death 179 00:19:38,28 --> 00:19:42,10 Peter has been it said in tradition and history that Peter was 180 00:19:42,11 --> 00:19:46,28 a crucified upside down you would think if the resurrection of Jesus Christ was 181 00:19:46,29 --> 00:19:50,33 alive Peter would have said as they raise the hammer up to put that first nail and 182 00:19:50,34 --> 00:19:54,87 you would have think he would have said Hey just kidding but you didn't what 183 00:19:54,88 --> 00:20:00,25 brought that kind of change these were the Bible says ignorant and an learned men 184 00:20:02,15 --> 00:20:06,81 who became geniuses because they put their faith in Jesus Christ it's good business 185 00:20:06,82 --> 00:20:13,62 by the way and then this John got to die of old age but boy did they try to kill 186 00:20:13,63 --> 00:20:19,22 him you read that they boiled him in oil that's not like going to the spa. 187 00:20:21,28 --> 00:20:21,86 Probably took up 188 00:20:21,87 --> 00:20:26,44 a couple layers of skin and they finally exiled to Patmos where he writes the book 189 00:20:26,45 --> 00:20:32,29 of Revelation and he will die of natural causes some were run through with swords 190 00:20:32,30 --> 00:20:38,38 some just speared to death some actually put in logs and cut in half and of course 191 00:20:38,39 --> 00:20:41,92 you've heard of the history of feeding Christians to lions because that was 192 00:20:42,19 --> 00:20:46,62 a sport in the day the Paula said of if Jesus isn't risen 193 00:20:49,97 --> 00:20:54,01 one of lace now what you know in the twenty first century I kind of still get this 194 00:20:54,02 --> 00:20:57,54 I've been told even recently the Jesus is for you weak people who need 195 00:20:57,54 --> 00:21:04,47 a crutch to get through life you're doing it wrong you're doing it I promise you 196 00:21:04,91 --> 00:21:09,19 alright and I'll tell you what you know what's more and more common now as I grow 197 00:21:09,20 --> 00:21:13,92 older in the ministry and talk with people about their faith some of you will miss 198 00:21:13,93 --> 00:21:18,64 heaven not because Jesus didn't rise from the dead because he does because you're 199 00:21:18,65 --> 00:21:23,09 smarter than God And that's been the problem all the way back into the Garden of 200 00:21:23,10 --> 00:21:27,38 Eden and that's in chapter three in burst fifteen of the first mention of Jesus 201 00:21:27,52 --> 00:21:31,69 where God says all right now that's your sin is separated us because my holy God 202 00:21:31,70 --> 00:21:36,28 can't be where sin is and where I am their sin in to try to rectify that he needed 203 00:21:36,29 --> 00:21:41,17 a perfect sacrifice and Jesus was that perfect and then he rose from the dead to 204 00:21:41,18 --> 00:21:48,10 show you he can with your life in mind he didn't rise I'm 205 00:21:48,11 --> 00:21:54,95 an idiot. That was pretty good Paul he went with what their argument was 206 00:21:54,96 --> 00:21:56,42 and they thought about it for 207 00:21:56,43 --> 00:22:00,13 a little bit and Paul wanted this church and know that the whole of Christian faith 208 00:22:00,29 --> 00:22:03,60 literally hinges on the resurrection of Jesus Christ 209 00:22:07,24 --> 00:22:11,17 and again do you follow me that if he is really rose from the dead shouldn't mean 210 00:22:11,18 --> 00:22:17,88 more to me than it does if you feel that the Paul was telling this 211 00:22:17,89 --> 00:22:21,13 church you know what the resurrection of Jesus Christ is 212 00:22:21,14 --> 00:22:27,75 a big deal here's what it boils down to I've heard this and I buck the 213 00:22:27,76 --> 00:22:28,71 system I am 214 00:22:28,72 --> 00:22:31,74 a Jesus follower from the top of my head all the way to the stage so if that 215 00:22:31,75 --> 00:22:32,51 bothers you that's 216 00:22:32,52 --> 00:22:39,28 a shame but I hope to convince you otherwise. The resurrection of Jesus Christ you 217 00:22:39,29 --> 00:22:44,74 know what I want another reason that's so important is this no other founder of any 218 00:22:44,75 --> 00:22:51,31 religion on the face of the planet rose from the dead not one no not one so 219 00:22:51,32 --> 00:22:55,47 again I was told this I read it somewhere and it makes perfectly good sense to me 220 00:22:55,62 --> 00:23:00,35 if you have two people and they are giving you advice about life and their contrary 221 00:23:00,36 --> 00:23:04,22 one to the other you have to choose what advice you're going to take 222 00:23:04,40 --> 00:23:11,14 a man now if one of those people rises from the dead I'm going to listen to him was 223 00:23:11,15 --> 00:23:14,25 that hard did I lose anybody I've said again if you want I'm 224 00:23:14,26 --> 00:23:20,40 a trained professional Don't try this at home does that make sense if it does make 225 00:23:20,41 --> 00:23:24,56 sense to ours is a special face with 226 00:23:24,57 --> 00:23:29,88 a special figure at the very center who conquers the grave so first Corinthians 227 00:23:29,89 --> 00:23:36,88 fifteen twenty Paul continues and says But in fact Christ has been 228 00:23:36,89 --> 00:23:42,28 raised from the dead and he is the first in the great harvest of all who have died 229 00:23:43,15 --> 00:23:47,91 we're not here to celebrate my Christian faith we're here to celebrate Christian 230 00:23:47,92 --> 00:23:51,97 facts you realize Christian if you claim to be 231 00:23:51,98 --> 00:23:56,94 a follower of Jesus Christ it's not something I feel inside it's not that little 232 00:23:56,98 --> 00:24:00,68 tingle it's not something I believe it's not something I've made up not something 233 00:24:00,69 --> 00:24:06,47 that makes me feel good on certain holidays and situations we celebrate something 234 00:24:06,48 --> 00:24:12,41 that happened in human history Jesus rose from the dead now 235 00:24:14,09 --> 00:24:18,36 again in the twenty first century we've become smarter than that like we're the 236 00:24:18,37 --> 00:24:23,10 first generation ever say that's not possible if I don't I want to buy 237 00:24:23,11 --> 00:24:27,85 a college pastor that's not possible someone raised from the dead that's why it's 238 00:24:27,86 --> 00:24:34,65 a miracle if it was explainable what may be the greatest 239 00:24:34,66 --> 00:24:39,30 miracle that anybody has ever pulled off. Matter of fact I'll give you this for 240 00:24:39,31 --> 00:24:43,26 free it's been my impression and my research that anybody who was 241 00:24:43,27 --> 00:24:47,55 a critic about Jesus rising from the dead when they start to delve into to prove it 242 00:24:47,56 --> 00:24:54,26 wrong they got saved because they couldn't well let's continue Paul 243 00:24:54,27 --> 00:24:57,34 actually at the beginning of the chapter that we're reading if you want to check it 244 00:24:57,35 --> 00:25:01,94 later he talks about six quick proofs that Jesus rose from the dead I want to give 245 00:25:01,95 --> 00:25:05,91 these to you if I can go ahead that list there it is six proofs of the resurrection 246 00:25:06,07 --> 00:25:06,39 and there's 247 00:25:06,40 --> 00:25:10,40 a in verses five six seven eight of the same chapter first Corinthians fifteen if 248 00:25:10,41 --> 00:25:17,21 you want to look at it he says Jesus appeared and he says first to Peter now I'm 249 00:25:17,25 --> 00:25:20,51 pretty cynical I'm thinking of Peter's his best friend of course Peter's going to 250 00:25:20,52 --> 00:25:25,36 say something nice now again Peter is going to eventually live his life out to be 251 00:25:25,37 --> 00:25:28,80 crucified upside down and he said I want to be crucified upside down because I 252 00:25:28,82 --> 00:25:35,34 don't feel worthy to die the way that my savior died that's going to dedication 253 00:25:35,35 --> 00:25:36,40 we're going to what do you do to 254 00:25:36,41 --> 00:25:42,95 a man to get that kind of dedication and commitment maybe you see him after your 255 00:25:42,96 --> 00:25:49,39 funeral maybe the motivating it can be and then he said and he appeared to the 256 00:25:49,40 --> 00:25:54,82 twelve you know again I'm I'm I'm cynical twelve you mean those those inner group 257 00:25:54,83 --> 00:25:59,29 of guys you know one of the theories is that they all got together and they came up 258 00:25:59,30 --> 00:26:00,50 with Christianity what 259 00:26:00,51 --> 00:26:06,06 a great idea hey we're going to tell everybody you will steal the body the 260 00:26:06,07 --> 00:26:10,68 Scripture who it will steal the body and then will will hide it somewhere and if 261 00:26:10,69 --> 00:26:12,07 you've ever watched Colombo you never hide 262 00:26:12,08 --> 00:26:18,61 a body anyway. Matter how hard you try it was research and they came over this way 263 00:26:18,62 --> 00:26:22,57 will hide the body and then we'll tell everybody he rose from the dead and then 264 00:26:22,58 --> 00:26:28,03 we'll live crazy radical stupid lives in front of the and then we'll let them kill 265 00:26:28,04 --> 00:26:34,55 us they were ignorant and learned what they were and that. 266 00:26:36,31 --> 00:26:40,22 And again these guys would go to their deaths willingly and you know what maybe 267 00:26:40,23 --> 00:26:43,61 would get that kind of commitment from somebody maybe they actually saw the risen 268 00:26:43,62 --> 00:26:50,25 Savior. Number two person number three and then he says I love this one verse six 269 00:26:50,51 --> 00:26:56,35 he appeared to five hundred followers five hundred at the same time he said and 270 00:26:56,36 --> 00:26:59,65 then he says There you go check it out on your own he says in some of them are 271 00:26:59,66 --> 00:27:04,50 alive today if you need references I got addresses and names I mean it's not like 272 00:27:04,51 --> 00:27:08,99 this happened in a galaxy far far away. So that it had been 273 00:27:09,24 --> 00:27:12,09 a couple of decades ago and some of these people are still alive if you were to 274 00:27:12,10 --> 00:27:18,70 talk to them in their living radical lives because they saw Jesus 275 00:27:19,92 --> 00:27:23,80 and then they saw him raise to life five hundred so now we're up to five hundred 276 00:27:23,81 --> 00:27:29,06 twelve people sort of alive how many witnesses do you need before you and your vast 277 00:27:29,07 --> 00:27:35,76 logic and genius how many does it say show you how many five hundred twelve up to 278 00:27:35,77 --> 00:27:39,90 the third point of the number four in verse seven when he says he appears to James 279 00:27:39,91 --> 00:27:44,26 I love this one I believe this if you James in the scripture and I believe this is 280 00:27:44,27 --> 00:27:50,86 James Jesus half brother who writes the book of James this is James who grew up 281 00:27:50,87 --> 00:27:54,05 with Jesus as his older brother now you look like 282 00:27:54,06 --> 00:28:00,29 a bright prat What would your sibling have to do to prove that they were the son of 283 00:28:00,30 --> 00:28:06,14 God So he appears to James who has been doing stealing role as 284 00:28:06,81 --> 00:28:12,68 a little brother but and James come to 285 00:28:12,69 --> 00:28:18,20 a saving knowledge of his own brother as ever proof that's five hundred thirteen 286 00:28:18,21 --> 00:28:24,02 people and then he appears to the apostles was confused me at first because other 287 00:28:24,03 --> 00:28:27,98 disciples in the apostles the same thing but this word Apostles means the sent ones 288 00:28:27,99 --> 00:28:32,63 which it always means but this country first of those seventy that he sent out so 289 00:28:32,64 --> 00:28:38,48 now I'm up to five hundred eighty three people that he appeared to that not enough 290 00:28:41,37 --> 00:28:45,70 and this is my favorite number six in verse eight of First Corinthians fifteen 291 00:28:46,40 --> 00:28:52,01 impulses and he appeared to be in effect First Corinthians fifteen eight says this 292 00:28:52,36 --> 00:28:58,92 last of all as though I had born at the if I was born at the wrong time I also saw 293 00:28:58,92 --> 00:29:05,48 . So you know what laid in the smoking I could tell you time and time again how 294 00:29:05,49 --> 00:29:09,39 I've seen the fingerprints of God in my life and in this in this ministry and that 295 00:29:09,40 --> 00:29:14,76 won't be enough to you until you see him and so I ask you to kind of look for me 296 00:29:15,60 --> 00:29:18,43 because you know it's been my experience people who don't believe what I believe 297 00:29:18,67 --> 00:29:19,56 it's because you're looking for 298 00:29:19,57 --> 00:29:23,51 a reason not to and you have to go out of your way I'm sorry there's over five 299 00:29:23,52 --> 00:29:29,86 hundred people said Sorry I saw him yeah but but it was 300 00:29:30,66 --> 00:29:35,70 I saw him and I'm good 301 00:29:37,54 --> 00:29:41,85 so let's turn that negative list on its head that Paul had to write if Christ had 302 00:29:41,86 --> 00:29:45,95 not been risen he said in fact he has so what if Jesus did rise from the dead let's 303 00:29:45,96 --> 00:29:50,13 go back to that list what are we wasting our time was number one if you remember 304 00:29:50,30 --> 00:29:52,41 well I want you to know this is someone who is 305 00:29:52,43 --> 00:29:57,54 a follower of Christ and proud of it what we do is not only worth it it's the most 306 00:29:57,55 --> 00:30:01,23 important thing we can do I thought I was there is 307 00:30:01,42 --> 00:30:03,63 a journey is long and everybody has 308 00:30:03,64 --> 00:30:06,72 a soul and it's going to end up somewhere and all of 309 00:30:06,73 --> 00:30:13,51 a sudden what I do will be important in 310 00:30:14,17 --> 00:30:20,64 Hebrews ten might affect I mentioned how every sermon ever brief. If Jesus is or 311 00:30:20,65 --> 00:30:24,45 isn't but if he is risen you know what I have to spend some time to put together to 312 00:30:24,46 --> 00:30:28,15 make sure I present the gospel of Jesus Christ right because I don't want to be the 313 00:30:28,16 --> 00:30:33,52 one who makes you miss it it's in your blood to be on my hands and I just can't 314 00:30:33,53 --> 00:30:40,29 have that I hold the greatest story ever told me if I agree with the preaching I 315 00:30:40,30 --> 00:30:44,41 got to be honest with you Preacher old time preacher long time ago said this and I 316 00:30:44,42 --> 00:30:51,04 agree with it for me this that for me to become president would be because what I 317 00:30:51,05 --> 00:30:57,03 do I think is the most Now do you say you know what I'm not you you you have you 318 00:30:57,04 --> 00:31:02,69 have your preference and whatever but some day I really like my job to this someday 319 00:31:02,70 --> 00:31:07,02 will all stand before Jesus and he'll open books and every stupid thing we ever did 320 00:31:07,12 --> 00:31:09,16 every stupid thing we ever said I'm going to get 321 00:31:09,17 --> 00:31:14,64 a big book. Right I've had people there's actually a verse my own father there's 322 00:31:14,65 --> 00:31:18,61 a verse in the Bible says you will give account for every idle word you ever spoke 323 00:31:18,94 --> 00:31:22,70 you know those words you don't need to say but you said anyway my father looked at 324 00:31:22,71 --> 00:31:25,36 that verse in front of me one time he said I don't want to be behind you in line 325 00:31:29,45 --> 00:31:35,67 fair enough every sermon every priest every service we've ever had what a waste is 326 00:31:35,68 --> 00:31:39,47 a waste do you realize we actually gather every Sunday to celebrate the 327 00:31:39,48 --> 00:31:45,55 resurrection Lloyd's is Christ every Sunday just like in the book of Acts because 328 00:31:45,56 --> 00:31:50,99 in fact Jesus has risen matter of fact Hebrews ten twenty four and twenty five says 329 00:31:51,00 --> 00:31:56,82 this let us think of ways to motivate one another to act of the acts of love and 330 00:31:56,83 --> 00:32:01,94 good works and let us not neglect the assembling or the meeting of ourselves 331 00:32:01,95 --> 00:32:06,65 together as some people do but encourage one another especially now that the day of 332 00:32:06,66 --> 00:32:13,56 his returning is drawing near all says we should gather because that's what the 333 00:32:13,57 --> 00:32:16,10 word church means it's a gathering actually it's 334 00:32:16,11 --> 00:32:20,69 a called out assembly if you want the exact and I make fun of that because an 335 00:32:20,69 --> 00:32:27,29 assembly symbols we gather together we worship Jesus Christ on 336 00:32:27,30 --> 00:32:30,65 a regular basis because if Jesus is risen it's 337 00:32:30,66 --> 00:32:36,92 a big deal. The resurrection is important and see how if you devalue it how it 338 00:32:36,93 --> 00:32:42,96 affects other areas and so he says actually to liken this he says to deny what we 339 00:32:42,97 --> 00:32:48,60 do is important is to deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ if you have this 340 00:32:48,61 --> 00:32:49,33 morning and you have 341 00:32:49,34 --> 00:32:55,57 a need that needs to be met today in only Jesus can meet it at the end of the 342 00:32:55,58 --> 00:33:00,29 service we're going to get an opportunity to you know going to get 343 00:33:00,30 --> 00:33:05,10 a better deal this week I'm going to offer you heaven Jesus abundant life joy 344 00:33:05,11 --> 00:33:08,55 unspeakable peace of passes understanding and that's just off the top of my head 345 00:33:11,14 --> 00:33:15,97 and I know you don't want that because it comes with sacrifice that you can't be 346 00:33:15,98 --> 00:33:19,20 boss of Jesus and again I actually had 347 00:33:19,32 --> 00:33:22,71 a lady say that to me to share my faith with the one time this was years ago never 348 00:33:22,72 --> 00:33:25,90 forget it and she looked at me mockingly crossed her arms and said Why don't you 349 00:33:25,91 --> 00:33:32,79 just worship me I said hey cool. I will all you have to do is die in my place 350 00:33:33,01 --> 00:33:38,39 in race three days later and I'm in the in fact cry 351 00:33:41,19 --> 00:33:47,04 it's not as easy as all right well then Paul went on to say we don't have 352 00:33:47,05 --> 00:33:52,36 a leg to stand on but in fact is if Jesus in I believe Jesus is risen from the dead 353 00:33:52,37 --> 00:33:54,13 we have an extraordinary faith 354 00:33:54,27 --> 00:33:59,26 a solid historical defensible space matter of fact for you here of your Been around 355 00:33:59,27 --> 00:34:05,32 here long enough I believe this with all my heart Jesus makes sense I live on the 356 00:34:05,33 --> 00:34:08,09 planet too I know you guys think I live in an envelope we put me in 357 00:34:08,10 --> 00:34:12,62 a box for the rest of the week and I just come out on Sundays and we prop me up and 358 00:34:12,63 --> 00:34:15,94 this is all I do because I'm blinded because I just live spiritually and I just 359 00:34:15,95 --> 00:34:20,43 float around come on used some of you think that while some of you think I just 360 00:34:20,44 --> 00:34:27,35 play golf the press says it's OK It's all right but we don't have 361 00:34:27,36 --> 00:34:31,88 a leg to stand on I beg to differ I'll tell you what I don't know about you and I 362 00:34:31,89 --> 00:34:36,34 think it comes with walking with the Lord read my Bible and being saved I look at 363 00:34:36,35 --> 00:34:42,73 the news and I read media and I see this word These Jesus and it's that simple 364 00:34:44,65 --> 00:34:48,81 it doesn't need more politics God help us 365 00:34:51,95 --> 00:34:56,27 we need Jesus and we need what other religion on the face of the planet I heard 366 00:34:56,28 --> 00:35:03,19 this week once of hits people and extraordinary love 367 00:35:03,20 --> 00:35:08,99 that they don't have the capacity to produce that dangerous Christian 368 00:35:10,11 --> 00:35:15,44 some nations made illegal because we've been commanded to love each other out you 369 00:35:15,45 --> 00:35:21,59 go what does that make sense because we don't want him 370 00:35:23,17 --> 00:35:29,98 because he would be lord and I've got news for you Jesus is Lord he already 371 00:35:29,99 --> 00:35:34,05 is that you might want to line up with that it will save you 372 00:35:34,07 --> 00:35:40,79 a lot this time tested Christianity this faith that we have has withstood two 373 00:35:40,80 --> 00:35:41,75 thousand years of 374 00:35:41,79 --> 00:35:48,48 a time test somewhere along the line some of what MUST would have 375 00:35:48,49 --> 00:35:54,31 said that whole resurrection thing just kidding but they didn't and they just kept 376 00:35:54,32 --> 00:35:59,46 going and they kept dying and they kept pushing ahead and it grew from twelve 377 00:35:59,47 --> 00:36:05,61 people in the first century to over two billion today. Weird Oh that's right 378 00:36:05,80 --> 00:36:12,61 because we're weak people weak to deny the extraordinary 379 00:36:12,62 --> 00:36:19,55 faith that we have in Jesus Christ is to deny the resurrection number three 380 00:36:19,56 --> 00:36:23,03 said Oh we're all liars remember that if Christ had not been risen when we've been 381 00:36:23,04 --> 00:36:27,50 lying to you but then when we share our faith we're offering the opportunity of 382 00:36:27,51 --> 00:36:34,40 a lifetime if in fact Jesus is risen I'm offering you before the hour is up I will 383 00:36:34,41 --> 00:36:38,55 offer you an opportunity to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you do 384 00:36:38,56 --> 00:36:44,04 with it what you want but you know 385 00:36:45,80 --> 00:36:50,39 I don't think I'm lying to you man if I can say this from experience I have seen 386 00:36:50,40 --> 00:36:56,16 too much to deny Jesus Christ I have been quoting it for weeks now for those of you 387 00:36:56,17 --> 00:37:00,13 who've been here but one of Paul the Apostle got older he said this and it just 388 00:37:00,14 --> 00:37:04,06 rings true in my life he says I know whom I have believed many of you here you 389 00:37:04,07 --> 00:37:07,56 claim to know that you know Jesus Christ Lord and Savior and that he lived his life 390 00:37:07,57 --> 00:37:13,53 and watched Jesus work was it without pain no it was just worth it I was like I 391 00:37:13,54 --> 00:37:13,73 have 392 00:37:13,74 --> 00:37:20,70 a life it's worth it promise the greatest or you'll 393 00:37:20,71 --> 00:37:26,07 ever hear and he said I know whom I have believed in you know now I'm persuaded 394 00:37:26,86 --> 00:37:31,80 he's evil and I'm persuaded at this point in life that was the best decision I ever 395 00:37:31,81 --> 00:37:36,97 made so we come we have faith in many of you came believing in the resurrection but 396 00:37:36,98 --> 00:37:40,10 now with that we see sometimes if we deny certain things we're denying that the 397 00:37:40,11 --> 00:37:45,02 resurrection actually happened how we doing Toughbook when we don't read it 398 00:37:46,40 --> 00:37:53,29 everybody has one though I've seen the stats where liars we 399 00:37:53,30 --> 00:37:54,65 share our faith as the opportunity of 400 00:37:54,66 --> 00:37:58,22 a lifetime one person said this the greatest gift you can give another human being 401 00:37:58,23 --> 00:37:59,19 is the introduction to 402 00:37:59,20 --> 00:38:04,87 a God who loves them see I don't know what you've heard God is not mad at you he's 403 00:38:04,88 --> 00:38:11,68 mad about you and he sent Jesus or God so loved the world 404 00:38:12,35 --> 00:38:17,61 he provides transformation increased capacity to love he offers purpose and 405 00:38:17,62 --> 00:38:18,99 guidance for living in 406 00:38:19,00 --> 00:38:25,61 a promise of eternity in heaven. On up in but I know all all 407 00:38:25,62 --> 00:38:31,18 Pastor. You know what's awesome about me I am so old and ugly at this point I am at 408 00:38:31,19 --> 00:38:38,07 a new place of I don't care if you saw my Facebook invite I got up 409 00:38:38,08 --> 00:38:42,70 here and saying which I don't usually do anymore and whether you liked it or not 410 00:38:43,03 --> 00:38:47,87 you shared it and you know what I have been taught and I think it's true I think as 411 00:38:47,88 --> 00:38:52,56 a Christian I need to draw attention to myself so I can draw attention to it and so 412 00:38:52,74 --> 00:38:57,72 yep I'll preach at you make you laugh I'll make you cry make irritated I'll offend 413 00:38:57,73 --> 00:39:04,20 you I won't dance not yet anyway 414 00:39:05,19 --> 00:39:08,65 I'll have to take lessons for that but I'll tell you what I'll sing in the Heaven 415 00:39:08,66 --> 00:39:13,16 other whatever because I really believe what we do matters and I know it has its 416 00:39:13,17 --> 00:39:14,36 foundation is I serve 417 00:39:14,37 --> 00:39:20,72 a risen Savior so oh this one's even 418 00:39:20,90 --> 00:39:25,15 harder so to keep the message to Jesus Christ to ourselves is to deny the 419 00:39:25,16 --> 00:39:29,31 resurrection of Jesus number four he said to them if Jesus is 420 00:39:29,32 --> 00:39:31,15 a risen then we're still in our sins this is 421 00:39:31,16 --> 00:39:36,34 a biggie but I want you know in fact that Jesus Christ is risen and I stand before 422 00:39:36,36 --> 00:39:43,13 you forgiven and I hope you can see this I mean I don't sin are you 423 00:39:43,14 --> 00:39:48,98 serious look at me many you're going to go home and it was. And you're going to 424 00:39:48,99 --> 00:39:53,89 talk over ham and say wow I don't know if we're going back there 425 00:39:56,21 --> 00:40:03,21 in all honesty we've had this. Music. But 426 00:40:03,22 --> 00:40:03,78 you'll go to 427 00:40:03,79 --> 00:40:10,25 a concert and your ears bleed but it's too loud. In that church they laugh because 428 00:40:10,26 --> 00:40:10,49 that's 429 00:40:10,50 --> 00:40:15,81 a reference you know that right there's no laughing in heaven as all the Reverend 430 00:40:16,17 --> 00:40:20,63 boring people go I don't know what the the logic is there I mean some of you clap 431 00:40:20,64 --> 00:40:23,98 somebody raise your hands and you know as real mature Christians we know you 432 00:40:23,99 --> 00:40:30,22 shouldn't do that oh no no not sure why because you know this offends 433 00:40:30,66 --> 00:40:35,75 and I think you know what it does my professional opinion as 434 00:40:35,76 --> 00:40:41,22 a pastor which is stupid because we deny 435 00:40:41,23 --> 00:40:45,18 a lot of stuff that's in the Scripture and if we just surrendered to what it says 436 00:40:45,73 --> 00:40:50,69 we'd be better off. We're still in our sins Well I'm forgiven anybody who's asked 437 00:40:50,83 --> 00:40:55,93 God in except that his atoning death Jesus atoning death on the cross to be applied 438 00:40:55,94 --> 00:41:01,05 to their life has their piles of sin cancelled out Psalm one hundred three and 439 00:41:01,06 --> 00:41:06,95 verse twelve says this he has removed our sand as far as the east is from the West 440 00:41:06,96 --> 00:41:10,36 I want you to see how smart the Bible is if you take 441 00:41:10,37 --> 00:41:13,44 a globe of the earth you live here 442 00:41:15,15 --> 00:41:20,22 a Northern Hemisphere right about here if you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and 443 00:41:20,23 --> 00:41:25,55 Savior all the sin I know some of you Art's are sinless I can see you glowing from 444 00:41:25,56 --> 00:41:29,98 here was so stupid but if you had 445 00:41:29,99 --> 00:41:33,40 a globe of the earth and the Bible is very specific when I accept Jesus Christ as 446 00:41:33,41 --> 00:41:37,64 Lord and Savior he forgives my sin and how much does he forgive my sin as far as 447 00:41:37,65 --> 00:41:43,59 the east is from the West you how do you know how far that is but I never meet if 448 00:41:43,60 --> 00:41:43,93 you have 449 00:41:43,94 --> 00:41:47,70 a globe and he said I forgive your sins as far as the North is from the south you 450 00:41:47,71 --> 00:41:50,90 go from the South Pole and you start going north the venture you have to go south 451 00:41:50,91 --> 00:41:57,81 again you go east just have at it you'll never be going west by accident you 452 00:41:57,82 --> 00:42:01,57 see the significance of there there's other verses as he takes my sins and he 453 00:42:01,58 --> 00:42:06,97 throws them into the deepest part of the sea and some of us go fish and there's 454 00:42:06,98 --> 00:42:11,28 another one I love he takes my sins and he throws it behind his back and it at the 455 00:42:11,29 --> 00:42:15,24 actual the original language actually means he puts it between his shoulder blades 456 00:42:15,75 --> 00:42:22,17 so when I bring up my sins again he does because he can't see them any more my 457 00:42:22,18 --> 00:42:29,11 omniscient God chooses to for I hope you can grasp what he was that is 458 00:42:30,44 --> 00:42:35,98 I serve the holy God he's gracious he's loving he's merciful but don't you miss 459 00:42:35,99 --> 00:42:42,02 that he's also just that he's not going to look away just a womanizer you're 460 00:42:42,03 --> 00:42:48,26 a nice guy compared to be honest ard it's real anybody say Man 461 00:42:49,01 --> 00:42:55,87 they go they know me. Fifty said we are without hope. Second Corinthians 462 00:42:55,88 --> 00:43:01,71 four fourteen says this well we know that God who raised the Lord Jesus will also 463 00:43:01,72 --> 00:43:05,72 raise I defy don't believe the G.'s verse from the dead that's 464 00:43:05,73 --> 00:43:11,78 a lie and we are without hope so to deny that there is hope after death in crisis 465 00:43:11,79 --> 00:43:16,65 to deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ he said you know all those people that 466 00:43:16,66 --> 00:43:19,23 have gone on before your loved ones in your friends and you thought they were 467 00:43:19,24 --> 00:43:25,22 a better place well guess what no non there forget it sitting at the the deathbed 468 00:43:25,35 --> 00:43:29,79 never forget us one of the times I said of the death bed and this guy he did not 469 00:43:29,80 --> 00:43:33,31 want to receive Jesus Christ with everything that he had night I shared my faith 470 00:43:33,32 --> 00:43:36,60 with him and he was open and he was honored that I was there he thought it was 471 00:43:36,61 --> 00:43:40,05 great he just thanked me up one side and down the other Thank you for spending the 472 00:43:40,06 --> 00:43:41,90 time with me he said but I think I'd be 473 00:43:41,91 --> 00:43:47,32 a hypocrite if I made that decision now and then he we had 474 00:43:47,33 --> 00:43:49,51 a conversation and never get this this might be 475 00:43:49,53 --> 00:43:54,16 a conversation I don't know he looked at me and I said he said to me Pastor I 476 00:43:54,17 --> 00:43:58,62 really think that when my eyes close and death there's not 477 00:44:02,36 --> 00:44:06,62 and I said you know what I believe I've put my faith in Jesus Christ who rose from 478 00:44:06,63 --> 00:44:13,38 the dead and that same power that raised him will also be able to raise me up and 479 00:44:13,39 --> 00:44:17,27 some day I will close my eyes and death and then I will open them and I will be in 480 00:44:17,28 --> 00:44:24,11 glory because you know if you can pastor what if you are wrong 481 00:44:25,60 --> 00:44:25,96 I looked at him 482 00:44:25,97 --> 00:44:32,54 a very kindly and I said that I'm you the religious the other day was very 483 00:44:32,87 --> 00:44:39,59 apropos I thought if I'm wrong I've wasted my life Paul said 484 00:44:41,73 --> 00:44:46,18 but if I'm right and you haven't accepted Jesus Christ as personal and Savior you 485 00:44:46,19 --> 00:44:50,14 have thrown away eight or Nitty you may want to consider 486 00:44:55,52 --> 00:44:55,90 I did 487 00:44:55,91 --> 00:45:01,47 a funeral this past week and you know what's great is I didn't know the person now 488 00:45:01,48 --> 00:45:07,12 use it try to not do that I like to I like to do our people. I like to people I 489 00:45:07,13 --> 00:45:10,96 know who I know I lead to Jesus and I know their faith and I know their story and I 490 00:45:10,97 --> 00:45:16,19 know about them so I can say something about them please Baystate members would you 491 00:45:16,20 --> 00:45:17,05 live your life in such 492 00:45:17,06 --> 00:45:21,87 a way that I have something to say in my head when you have to really cram 493 00:45:21,88 --> 00:45:27,02 someone's lived into their eighty's and went down the aisle they like cats Oh my 494 00:45:27,03 --> 00:45:33,15 goodness Surely you did something in an eighty year span we can talk about and this 495 00:45:33,16 --> 00:45:38,98 lady I I sent her her daughters came to my house and they said Would you please to 496 00:45:38,98 --> 00:45:42,14 my mother's funeral because one of them knew me and we were friends from school 497 00:45:42,37 --> 00:45:46,65 from picking up our kids at school and I said sure for you I'll do it I said but 498 00:45:46,66 --> 00:45:49,74 you need to sit here and you need to tell me stories and I'll tell you what they 499 00:45:49,75 --> 00:45:51,86 told me story of the show she was a sergeant in Korea 500 00:45:52,04 --> 00:45:58,45 a lady Lady Sargent I'm already impressed and then talking about how she 501 00:45:58,46 --> 00:46:00,70 dresses she'd like to be the center of attention she was 502 00:46:00,71 --> 00:46:04,05 a big stink and flirt and think and I like this woman. 503 00:46:09,55 --> 00:46:12,78 And I said well she she probably wanted to precipitously I didn't really put it in 504 00:46:12,79 --> 00:46:15,28 the question because if you're going to invite me to do your future I'm going to 505 00:46:15,29 --> 00:46:20,18 preach the Gospel don't be surprised OK And one of the daughters This means the 506 00:46:20,19 --> 00:46:26,02 world to me I knew all these amazing things about their mom now and she said Oh 507 00:46:26,20 --> 00:46:31,50 Jesus was her thing is that hey Jesus is my thing to do 508 00:46:33,10 --> 00:46:37,81 I know what I'm going to say and they got up and they eulogize and they reflected 509 00:46:37,91 --> 00:46:41,51 and then I took the podium and I said guys you have actually made me to the point 510 00:46:41,52 --> 00:46:46,10 where I regret that I never met this woman but you know what I have because I have 511 00:46:46,11 --> 00:46:47,91 a risen Savior what you know 512 00:46:47,92 --> 00:46:52,39 a part of Heaven is not only the districts of gold and there's one big gate one one 513 00:46:52,40 --> 00:46:59,24 big pearl it's not pearly it's pearl one big girl the gate sounds pretty good 514 00:46:59,31 --> 00:46:59,50 there's 515 00:46:59,51 --> 00:47:05,09 a mansion there for me going to Jesus dying to see that and I hope I live next to 516 00:47:05,10 --> 00:47:10,79 you because I'm going to come over and borrow sugar right 517 00:47:12,80 --> 00:47:18,17 but you know what makes heaven heaven Jesus is there but you know what's going to 518 00:47:18,18 --> 00:47:21,98 make heaven Heaven is those people that have gone on before who Jesus was their 519 00:47:21,99 --> 00:47:28,55 thing that's what makes Heaven heaven. Does that make sense Amen All right 520 00:47:29,72 --> 00:47:34,59 so and finally oh wait 521 00:47:34,60 --> 00:47:41,43 a minute if where without hope and there is no hope after death why bother I'm not 522 00:47:41,44 --> 00:47:42,89 sure about other countries but I've done 523 00:47:42,90 --> 00:47:47,72 a little study the death rate in the United States is hovering around one hundred 524 00:47:47,73 --> 00:47:54,46 percent I don't think you'll be the exception 525 00:47:56,49 --> 00:47:59,87 look at that I want you to go home and at least give me credit for that pastor made 526 00:47:59,88 --> 00:48:06,49 us laugh about Dian I want credit for that you're not going to be the exception 527 00:48:10,39 --> 00:48:15,23 one versions of this none of us are getting out of this alive and that's why Jesus 528 00:48:17,04 --> 00:48:19,66 don't don't throw away Number six he said you were just 529 00:48:19,67 --> 00:48:23,73 a bunch of idiots I kind of like this one with the most fortunate and blessed 530 00:48:23,74 --> 00:48:29,94 people on the face of the planet I am 531 00:48:29,95 --> 00:48:35,89 a genius. And I know you know how I know why I'm successful 532 00:48:37,53 --> 00:48:40,17 and I know that because of the resurrection of these guys are you ready for this 533 00:48:40,44 --> 00:48:44,34 you know the story about Noah right he spent one hundred twenty years building 534 00:48:44,35 --> 00:48:49,02 a boat and all his neighbors would come by and say Hey nice to wrap no arm and 535 00:48:49,03 --> 00:48:49,90 they've given crap for 536 00:48:49,91 --> 00:48:55,65 a hundred right around here we say crap if you're visiting with. All these animals 537 00:48:55,66 --> 00:49:00,17 that fill in the are going he says he's got his kids and his boys building this ark 538 00:49:00,18 --> 00:49:02,26 with one hundred twenty years a preacher right this is 539 00:49:02,27 --> 00:49:07,25 a new doesn't. And then there's all these people he invited get on the ice the 540 00:49:07,26 --> 00:49:11,34 judgment of God is coming what an idiot building 541 00:49:11,35 --> 00:49:17,73 a boat in the desert stupid and then it starts to rain 542 00:49:18,73 --> 00:49:25,23 for the first time in history read your Bible God shuts the door but no man can 543 00:49:25,24 --> 00:49:27,42 open it all of 544 00:49:27,43 --> 00:49:33,100 a sudden no is it G.'s so you can admit it now you can wait to heaven 545 00:49:35,13 --> 00:49:42,08 pastors because the rains come in and we will all stand before God some day to give 546 00:49:42,09 --> 00:49:47,15 an account what you can do about it but in my trust in Jesus 547 00:49:50,12 --> 00:49:57,07 you know I'm successful kind of struggle with that because. We've 548 00:49:57,08 --> 00:50:01,34 been working hard here and. You know kind of how do you gauge being successful when 549 00:50:01,35 --> 00:50:08,19 I do I'll tell you how this Aaron OPIC on air Aaron how long 550 00:50:08,20 --> 00:50:12,08 you've been saved eleven years we were at 551 00:50:12,09 --> 00:50:16,77 a different facility of the for location different town frankly she came up very 552 00:50:19,01 --> 00:50:24,07 ethical. And thus she came up to me kind of had her questions for me because she 553 00:50:24,08 --> 00:50:30,73 heard how I am and I answered some of her questions and we went on and I believe it 554 00:50:30,74 --> 00:50:34,10 was a much longer on that afterwards right that she came up to me on 555 00:50:34,11 --> 00:50:40,22 a Sunday morning and I remember that I just love how sentimental was she came up to 556 00:50:40,23 --> 00:50:43,46 me still had that same look on her face she didn't realize I was 557 00:50:43,47 --> 00:50:50,40 a genius yet and she looked at me and said OK I'm ready like brace yourself here 558 00:50:50,41 --> 00:50:53,35 we go and I led her in 559 00:50:53,36 --> 00:50:57,06 a prayer that she accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and I don't know what 560 00:50:57,07 --> 00:50:58,75 you think of me she thinks I'm 561 00:50:58,79 --> 00:51:04,69 a success all because Jesus 562 00:51:05,71 --> 00:51:09,03 has risen from the dead I'm going to ask you to close your eyes and buy your heads 563 00:51:09,04 --> 00:51:12,73 and no one looking around if you think Christians are 564 00:51:12,74 --> 00:51:18,23 a bunch of weeks scared boring stupid people you are denying the resurrection of 565 00:51:18,24 --> 00:51:23,90 Jesus Christ Romans Chapter ten in verses eight says this In fact it says the 566 00:51:23,91 --> 00:51:28,09 message is very close at hand and is on your lips and in your heart but the message 567 00:51:28,10 --> 00:51:33,44 is the very message about faith that we preach if you openly declare the Jesus is 568 00:51:33,45 --> 00:51:37,82 Lord and believe in your heart that God had raised him from the dead you will be 569 00:51:37,83 --> 00:51:43,17 saved for it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God and it 570 00:51:43,18 --> 00:51:49,45 is by openly declaring your face that you're saved against the resurrection of 571 00:51:49,46 --> 00:51:50,16 Jesus Christ is 572 00:51:50,17 --> 00:51:57,15 a big deal about for you know and looking around I told you I promise you I lead 573 00:51:57,16 --> 00:51:57,91 you in 574 00:51:57,92 --> 00:52:01,60 a word of prayer and I'm going to if you're here you want to accept Jesus Christ as 575 00:52:01,61 --> 00:52:04,27 person Lord and Savior today because you know what you probably went through 576 00:52:04,28 --> 00:52:07,52 Reece's and you knew it was about the resurrection of Jesus and you didn't even 577 00:52:07,53 --> 00:52:14,21 hate it and you really are just numb to it remember that but if we truly grass 578 00:52:14,48 --> 00:52:21,12 what Jesus did I think you can be trusted. And again 579 00:52:21,66 --> 00:52:24,66 I know what you've been taught this world doesn't want Satan doesn't want you to 580 00:52:24,67 --> 00:52:30,28 have Jesus now if you want to be in control I have nothing for you 581 00:52:32,65 --> 00:52:37,47 but if you've had enough life you've been kicked around anough 582 00:52:42,11 --> 00:52:47,13 I would only journal word of prayer in it can you make your own decision but in 583 00:52:47,14 --> 00:52:50,24 your heart these are magic words but if you would repeat after me in your heart 584 00:52:51,36 --> 00:52:58,01 something along these lines or Jesus I believe and I know that you died for me 585 00:52:58,37 --> 00:53:02,40 on Calvary to save me from my sins I've known that but today seems 586 00:53:02,44 --> 00:53:09,39 a little bit different this morning I accept your free gift of salvation that 587 00:53:09,40 --> 00:53:15,58 you offer I ask you to forgive my sins and Lord truly 588 00:53:16,48 --> 00:53:21,09 because you're rose again I put my trust on you and from this day forward because 589 00:53:21,10 --> 00:53:25,23 of your sacrifice and you giving your life to me this morning I give my life to you 590 00:53:26,29 --> 00:53:31,40 the prisons now if you keep your eyes closed your head down no one looking around 591 00:53:32,11 --> 00:53:34,12 I'm going to count to three in a second I want you do me 592 00:53:34,13 --> 00:53:38,18 a favor this is really just between you and I no one's looking around I want to go 593 00:53:39,04 --> 00:53:41,03 on the count of three I want to count to three in 594 00:53:41,04 --> 00:53:47,72 a few prayed that prayer with me I want you to raise your hand ready one two and 595 00:53:47,73 --> 00:53:51,12 three you were just raise your hand if you hold that up we have 596 00:53:51,13 --> 00:53:54,74 a couple of people if you hold that up we have a guy who is going to hinge you 597 00:53:54,75 --> 00:53:58,84 a card and I want you to know that today your life has changed and I'm going to 598 00:53:58,85 --> 00:53:59,50 give you a card is 599 00:53:59,51 --> 00:54:03,98 a date and I want you to write that date on it and what that means is this if you 600 00:54:03,99 --> 00:54:06,69 accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior this morning your life is 601 00:54:06,70 --> 00:54:12,29 changed let the Holy Spirit work and what I'd like to do now you can look up at me 602 00:54:12,30 --> 00:54:19,19 everybody and think. This is what we do I change the world with this 603 00:54:19,20 --> 00:54:22,56 craziness because I serve 604 00:54:22,57 --> 00:54:28,30 a risen Savior if you have one of these there's no pressure here I'll be up here 605 00:54:28,31 --> 00:54:31,76 after the song is sung I'll stand at this table I wish you all 606 00:54:31,80 --> 00:54:37,63 a Happy Easter. But if you pray this prayer with me this morning come up either to 607 00:54:37,64 --> 00:54:39,99 that counter back there over here we just want to give you 608 00:54:40,00 --> 00:54:43,72 a Bible we want you to take yourself ation date that you just put on this card I 609 00:54:43,73 --> 00:54:47,35 want you to slot in your new Bible which is God's love letter to you and I so you 610 00:54:47,36 --> 00:54:52,82 can start off your life right right there's no pressure you do what you want I 611 00:54:52,83 --> 00:54:57,81 can't make you save it can't keep you safe but boy I can recommend it so watch this 612 00:54:59,09 --> 00:55:02,51 some people raise their hands Baystate if you're happy with that decision when you 613 00:55:02,52 --> 00:55:03,72 let them know how you feel about that. 614 00:55:09,52 --> 00:55:10,39 Good and saying that. 615 00:55:40,29 --> 00:55:41,13 He loves 616 00:55:41,14 --> 00:55:48,40 a good movie came. To me. Doing 617 00:55:48,40 --> 00:55:50,65 . Then. 618 00:55:55,54 --> 00:56:02,22 All over sudden. A human aware of these afflictions he cleped 619 00:56:02,89 --> 00:56:09,65 will read. Read just how beautiful you are and 620 00:56:09,66 --> 00:56:16,09 how great show of affection for me. Oh. 621 00:56:18,00 --> 00:56:24,62 oh Oh he'll love that so. Oh oh oh he 622 00:56:24,63 --> 00:56:30,39 loves. To eat and loves it so. 623 00:56:53,73 --> 00:56:59,80 Edith journalists me. He loves like young 624 00:56:59,86 --> 00:57:06,41 Durkee's would change and he would be the way to 625 00:57:06,48 --> 00:57:09,13 his awaiting to see. 626 00:57:13,13 --> 00:57:14,11 LOL was 627 00:57:14,12 --> 00:57:20,87 a sudden. I was aware of these afflictions he lived but the old 628 00:57:20,88 --> 00:57:26,66 he just really was yes so beautiful you are 629 00:57:26,67 --> 00:57:33,22 a very very good job of boldly. Go. 630 00:57:39,94 --> 00:57:46,86 Home he loves. He loves it 631 00:57:46,87 --> 00:57:51,51 so cold. Get you that 632 00:57:51,38 --> 00:57:55,07 was was. 633 00:58:09,57 --> 00:58:09,96 Yeah. 634 00:58:30,36 --> 00:58:34,64 Closer. To. 635 00:58:38,60 --> 00:58:39,15 A. 636 00:58:47,42 --> 00:58:47,80 Soul. 637 00:59:50,85 --> 00:59:56,79 Oh you know you. You. 638 00:59:59,59 --> 01:00:00,62 See the big stick.